Section 2(1)(b)

(b) “appropriate authority ” means, in relation to an election to the House of the People or the Council of S tates 2***, the Central Government, and in relation to an election to the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council of a State, the State Government; 3[(bb) “chief electoral officer ” means the officer appointed under section 13A of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);]